help underprivileged kids. it's gofundme.com/41 fqvw. "early start" starts rigtd now. allegations of a chemical weapons massacre. u.n. investigators trying to determine if the syrian government poisoned their own people. we'll take you live. >> hail to the hero. the school employee who helped prevent tragedy at an elementary school explains how she talked down a gunman. a soldier revealing a shocking secret about himself. >> good morning and welcome to "early start" this morning. i'm christine romans. >> i'm poppy harlow. it is 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. >> good to have you here. let's begin with syria and what

rebels are calling a massacre. 1300 people were killed when they claim the assad regime used chemical weapons in an attack outside damascus. they insist it did not happen. arwa has more from nearby beirut. arwa, what can you tell us? >> reporter: at this point, the calls remain for the investigation to take place, as far as we are aware, the u.n. team in the country has not been able to access the site. the french really upped their rhetoric saying if it was a chemical attack use of force needs to come into play at this point. the u.s. muted in its response, condemning what happened but want to wait for the results of an investigation. interestingly, the russians are calling for what they are describing an objective investigation. they are, perhaps, one of the key players that could pressure

the assad regime to facilitate the u.n. team in being able to conduct the job at the site of the devastating attacks. >> russia is calling on the syrian government to allow investigators to see the site of the alleged attack. whigt that make a difference? >> reporter: it possibly could. this is a government whose actions defied logic or reason. they are among syria's current key allies. those of the assad regime continue to rely on. they potentially hold a significant amount of sway over the actions of the syrian government especially on a sensitive issue. >> israel called it lip service and want more than an investigatio investigation. might that country make a move? >> reporter: it is a possibility but not necessarily one that is the wisest in terms of the

ripple effect that that could cause in the region given the dynamics between israel and a various number of entities. that being said, israel has unilaterally struck at targets in syria in the past. itis not an option that is off the table. again, it's a wait and see scenario. when it comes to the crisis in syria, it's time for the key players to put their national interests aside, find a shred of humanity and put a solution together. >> what can the international community do? we have heard the hand ringing and the condemnations of the assad regime, but what can they actually do? >> reporter: at the very least, if no one wants to talk about taking action inside syria, they could start pouring money into the various entities trying to unfold.

that aside, key players can begin to get together, but their political disputes aside and assess how to pressure the various groups and how they influenced syria and find a resolution. that is a disaster that is unfolding. the war is not going to end quickly, nor anytime soon. that needs to be factored in as well. this is a long term crisis that is going to have a massive changing, colossal changing. the opposition is calling for force. force might not end the crisis, but might shorten the duration. that is why some people are calling for the key players to step in and do whatever they can to at least help the opposition and create a no-fly zone safe space for those inside syria trying to stay alive. >> as we have seen from crisis

to crisis, countries putting their own interest aside can take a very, very, very long time as the crisis worsens. arwa, thank you so much. we'll have more from president obama. chris cuomo interviewed him. that's coming up at 6:00 a.m. eastern. in lebanon, there's word of an air strike. israeli defense forces saying they went after a target for a series of rockets fired. the rockets caused damage. no casualties. an al qaeda linked militant group claimed responsibility. a military base long thought to be part of the nuclear program has been paved over. satellite pictures reviewed by the institute of science and security show large parts of the base, south of tehran are covered with asphalt. u.n. inspectors have been trying to get into that base for years to check on the work.

former egyptian leader hosni mubarak in a hospital this morning. he's under house arrest after he was released from jail. he served two years in prison. he was in prison more than two years as he faced charges that he directed the killing of protesters against his rule in the days before, ousted from pow. he faces a retrial on the charges. the american soldier who slaughtered 16 afghan civilians in pre-dawn raids last year is apologizing for the first time. staff sergeant robber bails couldn't explain why he did it. he described it as an act of coward behind a mask of fear. he pled guilty in june. they will decide if his life sentence will include possibility of parole.

the ft. hood massacre, hassan. they asked the judge if they could review testimony from the police officer who shot him. the rampage left 13 people dead and 30 wounded. they will pick up where they left off later this morning. hasan is acting as his own attorney. robert muller says there does not appear to be a plan against the u.s. he told cnn intelligence officials continue to monitor the situation carefully. any planned attack has been postponed. if the u.s. had the intelligence before 9/11 like now, at least part of the september 11th attack might have been prevented. now to this amazing story. the story of a school bookkeeper in georgia who overted a tragedy

by staying calm as the man with a gun invaded the school. who was helping her keep her calm during those moments? martin savidge tells us it was a 911 operator grateful for partner she got to work with. >> reporter: it was an amazing moment. antoinette tough meets the 911 operator who was the other voice at the end of that emergency call. >> we made it! >> we did. >> ken tra said like everyone else she was in awe of tough. >> she is a true hero. she missed her calling. >> reporter: she was deeply afraid for the woman face-to-face with a mentally unstable gunman. >> i was terrified. >> reporter: the two women recalling the horror of that day. >> she said he's here at the door. it's like i can see him through just her words. >> reporter: their fear was

never evident in the 911 call that has riveted america. >> ooh, he just went outside and started shooting. >> reporter: the first shot was into the floor a few feet away. >> he took the shot to allow me and the other person in there to know this was not a game and he was not playing. this was serious. >> reporter: she knew the lives of 800 students hung in the balance. >> you see all this movement and he actually went to that door with the gun drawn to start shooting. and the media person was there and he looked him dead in the face and started drawing his gun up. i started talking to him. i said come back in. stay in here with me. don't go anywhere. stay in here. >> reporter: so began one of the most frightening and fascinating negotiations recorded. >> he said to tell them to back off. he don't want the kids.

he wants it police. >> reporter: watching the man load the gun. >> bullets everywhere on top of magazines. i knew when he made the last call he was going to go. he loaded up to go. >> reporter: instead of feeling fear or anger, tuff felt compassion recalling her own heart aches contemplating suicide. >> i had been in that situation. i had been in that devastating moment when all of the things happened to me. so, i knew that that could have been my story. >> reporter: just before her cnn interview, tuff got another surprise, ironically, over the phone, from the president of the united states. >> that was president obama. awesome, awesome, awesome. >> he wanted to let me know him and his wife and family was very proud of what i had did and everybody wanted to thank me.

>> reporter: she gives all credit to her faith saying her role was a heavenly plan. >> i feel like i helped somebody in need. god was able to use me. it was an honor to be able to be used. >> reporter: the suspect walked in with an assault rifle but was no match for a bookkeeper armed with love, backed by a dispatcher who was her lifeline. martin savidge, cnn, decatur, georgia. >> i can't get enough of that story. >> i can't, either. >> you hope you are never in a crisis like that, then you hope you are her. she just somehow knew the right thing to do. >> to relate her personal tragedy, what she had gone through to him. it was amazing. good for her. great reunion, the two of them here on anderson cooper. a massive fire close to

yosemite national park. closing down the main access road to yosemite. governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency. it's burned 63,000 acres. 2500 homes threatened. the fire is 2% contained. indra petersons is watching the forecast for us. could the weather shift and help the firefighters which is a really, really monumental job they have. >> the thing is the extreme terrain. the temperatures are too high. the humidity is low. i want to show the water vapor satellite. the bulk of the moisture is north of them. you can see how dry it is in the region. another way to look at it is the humidity itself. not good numbers when you are into the teens. 17%. no red flag warnings. the good news, winds are generally calm. that's on the outskirts within a huge fire like this, they create their own winds. the main thing we are watching is a lot of moisture move sboog the four corners over the next

several days. so much that we are talking about flooding potential as we go through sunday maybe creep up toward idaho where they are struggling with fires in that region. the concern will be the flood threats. where is the all coming from? it's from a tropical depression out in the pacific. through the weekend, we are expecting it to strengthen. the water is cool in the pacific. heavy rain around baja, california. the moisture could pool in and we are looking at two to four inches of rain sunday, monday into tuesday. as far as the northeast, we saw thunderstorms yesterday. now the same line of storms making its way down to the mid-atlantic and the southeast. there's an upside. it is the weekend and we are talking beautiful weather everywhere. the northeast is looking better. even the southeast. it's better. >> i'm heading south. no rain. >> i can't afford to go to

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>> reporter: she testified in his te fence and transitioned from male to female. >> just because they are in prison is similar to denying them treatment for depression. >> the army never provided hormone replacement therapy to any soldier. prison officials say he will wear the standard prison uniform at the all male ft. leavenworth and will not receive the hormones he says he needs to transition to a woman. >> he will have a better shot in a federal prison or state prison. >> reporter: an attorney fought and won the right for a client to get the therapy in prison. state and federal prisons don't have a ban on it like the military. consistent injections can cost thousands of dollars and taxpayers have been paying for it for years. >> it can't be just him stating he wants to get this medication.

there needs to be a prescription. >> several military doctors diagnosed him with gender disorder. this e-mail was sent to his sergeant and describing wanting to live as woman. >> this was pushed to the side. the unit was underpowered and they could not lose analysts. >> the man behind the largest leak of classified material in u.s. history. legal experts tell us it's that crime and mannings behavior while he's being held at ft. leavenworth that will ultimately determine whether he's paroled. they don't believe his gender identity issues will be a huge factor. chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >> what a twist to that story. >> aaron hernandez indicted by a massachusetts grand jury on murder charges. he and two associated

orchestrated the shooting death of odon lloyd with hernandez pulling the trigger. they claim the case is weak, circumstantial and deserves a chance to prove it at the trial. >> there's been an incredible rush to judgment in this case. it's on misrepresentations on the facts. hearsay is represents as fact and evidence. it is not. aaron hernandez is an innocent man as we stand hered to. he is presumed innocent and remains innocent under our system. >> he's pleaded not guilty. he's being held without bail. all eyes on the nasdaq after a big technical problem. half of the stock market stops for three hours. grinds to a halt. the president had to be notified about this. such a serious, serious situation. we are going to talk about it next. the secret is out. hydration is in.

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crisis in syria. allegations of chemical warfare. many now asking, should the u.s. intervene. new clues behind a student's

murder. police say he was killed for sport. was there another factor behind the shooting? state of emergency firefighters battling fast moving flames near a popular california landmark. welcome back to "early start." happy friday. i'm poppy harlow. >> say it again. >> happy friday. >> i'm christine romans in for john berman this morning. international eyes remain on syria. hundreds were killed in an alleged massacre. amid all the calls for investigation, some are asking why is the united states not doing more. here is jill. >> reporter: at least 1,000 victims, many of them women and children are reported dead in a possible chemical weapons attack, this time near damascus raising questions about president obama's red line. >> the president directed the intel community to here, in the

united states, gather additional information. that is our focus on this end. >> reporter: the u.n. is asking the syrian government to allow a chemical weapons team to investigate. u.s. officials cannot determine whether chemical weapons were used and not say whag president obama would do if they were. >> this would be an outrageous escalation of chemical weapons use if the facts are found to be true and the president has a range of options to consider. >> reporter: a year ago this month, obama drew his red line. >> a red line for us is we start seeing chemical weapons being moved around or utilized. this would change my calculus. >> the president of the united states says if the use of these weapons would be a quote, red

line and a game changer. he now sees that as a green light. that is the word of the president of the united states can no longer be taken seriously. >> reporter: mccain says it's time to take military action. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey cautions the use of military force can change the military balance, but cannot resolve the underlying and historic, ethnic, religious issues fueling the conflict. >> you are checking the pictures on youtube? >> yes. >> reporter: in washington, the u.s. representative of the syrian opposition studies the gruesome photos of families killed in the attack. there should be consequences, he says. >> you need the credible threat of the force. they take that seriously. he's been given all the wrong signals in the past. all those strong signals meant

to him a license to kill. >> reporter: the state department says if this is determined to be a chemical weapons attack, it would be an outrageous escalation. they are not saying whether the president would escalate his response. coming up on "new day," chris cuomo in an exclusive interview with president obama talking ability the situation in syria, including the administration's calls into an investigation about the weapons attack. it's here in less than a half hour, 6:00 a.m. eastern. a teen accused of killing a basketball player targeted him because of his race. the twitter feed of james edward jr. was filled with derogatory remarks about white people. >> he has a lot of caucasian friends with whom he hangs with. the only way that i would feel

that he would say anything racist about anybody is because we have felt racism from some of the people here in the community of stevens county. >> edwards along with 16-year-old chauncey luna are charged with killing 22-year-old christopher lang in cold blood on an oklahoma street while he was jogging. a third teen is charged as an accessory. he says they did it because they were bored. police in spokane, washington are on the lookout for teenagers accused of a vicious beating of an 80-year-old world war ii veteran. it happened in a parking lot of a fraternal lodge. it was a random act. he suffered serious head wounds. he died at the hospital. you can see him there. he survived being shot in the

battle of okinawa during world war ii. is suspects are between 16 and 19 years old. there's no indication he knew any of them. disturbing allegations from ohio where a day care worker is facing pornography charges. she had photographs of a child in sexual situations on her phone including photos of bestiality. it was not a child from the day care where she worked. the allegations took everyone by surprise. >> it floored me. i would have never suspected a thing, never. a model employee, came to work, outstanding. parents loved her. >> ramirez sent the photos to her boyfriend, william brock. he was arrested earlier this summer also on child pornography

charges. a memphis kindergartener may get expelled after a gun went off inside the child's backpack. the shelby county school district says the gun discharged as students were waiting for the opening bell at the school cafeteria on thursday. workers of the school seized the backpack. the boy was detained and questioned along with his mother. scary moments when a tour bus carrying gamblers overturned. it went through a chain link fence east of los angeles. more than 50 people injured. >> looked in the back. there's four people. glass all over the place. >> we did not have severely injured patients. when you have a bus accident on the freeway, it's pretty amazing. >> most of them spoke little or no english. officials believe the bus may have hit another vehicle causing it to run off the road.

no official word on the future of san diego mayor, bob filner. he apparently reached a deal with one accuser. he may step down from office. the city council has to sign off on it. the lawmakers will meet today to discuss that. 18 women, so far, have publicly accused him of sexual harassment. the mayor said he is innocent but he went for treatment. >> is this the longest good-bye in american politics? >> the longest good-bye. michael bloomberg's vetoes approving new checks on the nypd. bloomberg says it's necessary to fight crime. it allowed police to stop people on the basis of reasonable suspicion that they could be engaged in criminal activity. they passed a measure creating an nypd watchdog. a lawsuit is taking aim at indiana abortion restrictions.

planned parenthood blocked the part of the law that requires clinics that administer the abortion pill to have full surgical facilities. planned parenthood says it's unreasonable and irrational and would shut down a clinic in the area. lawmakers insisted they are designed to protect women's health. a massive wildfire burning out of control in california. look at the pictures. 2,000 firefighters have been called in to battle the fast moving fire. it's consumed 63,000 acres so far. it's quadrupled in 24 hours. more than 2500 homes are at risk. he declared a state of emergency. officials are reporting 2% containment of this fire. >> unbelievable how much it's grown. indra petersons is here with us to look atmore. what is the latest? >> the weather is a little indifferent. not a huge player.

no red flag warnings. the terrain is so extreme. it's good news in the sense that it's not bad winds at 8 to 10 miles per hour. the big thing is how dry it actually is in the area. this is the water vapor. the moisture is to the north of it and south and east of the area. here is the relative numbers. they are definitely low. we are talking teens here. 17% as we go through the afternoon. that's going to be the biggest concern here. other than that, good news. no red flag warnings in the region today. the big thing on the west coast is monsoonal moisture that could help the fires in idaho. this is an area of concern as heavy flooding could be the story for the weekend and next week. the reason is all the tropical moisture that's making its way toward baja. tropical depression nine will make its way into the four corners and looking for heavy rain potential for the end of the weekend. let's go to the east coast.

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welcome back to "early start," everyone. a big honor for an m.i.t. police officer killed in the aftermath of the boston marathon bombings. he's been awarded a police badge in the city of summerville where he lived and once worked as a civilian police officer. he was shot dead on april 18th.

police apprehended the shooter. remembering 8-year-old ethan anderson and his mother, christina who was killed by a family friend, james dimaggio. their bodies were found in a burned out home earlier this month. he kidnapped hannah anderson. she now considers herself a survivor, not a victim. government inspectors are looking at japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant in the light that thousands of gallons of radioactive liquid leaked from the sight. the plant suffered several meltdowns and serious damage following an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. north and south korea are holding talks on letting families separated for decades reunite. many were split up after the korean war with some stuck in the north wild relatives were in

the south. south korea's president said it's time for the north to quote, open its heart. >> a lot of sad news this morning. we want to give you something fun to start your friday with. this is a great story. this is going to make you go wow. take a look at that picture. that fish is a 350 pound tuna. it's 74 inches long. if you stood it up, it would be as tall as a person. guess who caught it? >> jimmy buffett. this happened close to where we are on wednesday in the waters off nantucket. it was on his day off between concerts on new york's long island. he says it took him about an hour to reel that big tuna in. how awesome is that? >> cuomo is a big fisherman. that is a big catch. you never caught anything like that off long island, i bet. >> that's why it's called a fish tale. >> in a story we'll have later on in the summer, actually into

the fall, we went out with the wicked tuna guys. you will see what happened. i'm not one to speak out of school. >> bring it, buffett. >> i'm going to trash talk cuomo until i see. >> why not. be nice to me. what's coming up on "new day." >> we get the opportunity to sit down with the president. he's pitching a plan to make college more affordable. he wants to take on universities to get them to check their costs. we are talking about that at home. there's a lot going on in the world. he was open answering the questions on all of it, egypt, syria, why haven't we done more, nsa surveillance programs, the washington gridlock. we went through what matters at home and abroad. he answered all the questions. we'll show it to you this morning. our krnts and experts will tell us what's happening going forward. >> that is the job of the president. we are going to have, i guess we

need to keep talking ant fish. this is a scary story. fisherman rescued after he tread water for 24 hours, if you can believe it, without a life jacket on. he was rescued by a family who simply came upon him, found him bobbing for water, asking for help off the coast of florida. he has an incredible story to tell. he is doing okay. we are going to tell his story. >> 24 hours. >> think about it. when you are in a pool and treading water just to do it, think about doing it in the open ocean. >> in florida. in florida. >> can't wait to hear that and see the interview. thank you. the beard may be no more. why one baseball closer is doing away with his famous, i might say a little scary whiskers. the story coming up in the bleacher report. next. ♪

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the ambassador for their company. he says he's taking his beard to the grave. wednesday, tiger woods pulled out of a tournament because the bed he slept on was too soft, leaving him stiff and sore. he showed in ill effects from the fluffy bed. he shot a 67 at the tournament. he's three shots back from the lead coming into today. golden hurricanes may have the cutest mascot in sports. meet goldy. the new dog am dasz dor for the school. she's going to make the first debut september 11th. she's already taking over campus. check her out. she's got the cape there. she's got her own instagram account. got around 1,600 followers. i think every college campus should have a puppy that is the

mascot. >> i do, too. can we go back to the beard story? i love that he's taking it to the grave. romans thought he had the beard to scare the people he's pitching to. >> it's intimidating, i'll tell you that. >> no kidding. >> he loves his facial hair. you gotta give him that. >> have a great weekend. >> you, too. >> we'll be right back. hey love. [off screen] there you are. [speaking german] hi, grandpa! [off screen] give me a kiss! [speaking mandarin] what do you think? do you like it? [off screen] happy birthday! can you see that? [speaking polish] [off screen] did he apologize?

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opportunity. >> a "new day" exclusive. president obama talks syria and egypt. why the u.s. hasn't stepped in yet and how far he's willing to go. plus, a look at his plan to take on soaring college tuition. on cnn, the school clerk who talked a gunman into surrendering meets the 911 dispatcher who walked her through it all. the reunion you have to see. the tech titans take a twist. yahoo! is beating google. >> your "new day" starts right now. announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and my kayla pereira. >> it is friday, august 23rd. 6:00 a.m. in the east. >> i'm here with michaela.

the president is dealing with new situations from home and abroad. we covered what the u.s. will do of course we get his first comments on his new dog sunny. >> which everyone wants to hear. >> that will be the highest. >> that and a lot more to come from the great interview. hannah anderson setting the record straight. the california teen wants the world to know exactly what kind of relationship she had with james dimaggio, the man who abducted her after allegedly killing her mother and brother but it is her first televised interview, is it asking for questions than giving answers. a 55-year-old man thrown from his boat and treads water for 22 hours with no life vest. how he managed to survive being stranded at sea. >> amazing